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Nativity with Angels

1609–64
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Nativity with Angels
  • Artist: Circle of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) (Italian, Genoa 1609–1664 Mantua)
  • Date: 1609–64
  • Medium: Brush, red, blue, and brown paint, on beige paper
  • Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 10 5/8in. (39.3 x 27cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
  • Object Number: 80.3.458
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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